This week I spent a huge chunk of time decluttering. I gave away 50% of my books (and I still have so many, that it hardly made a dent!), almost all of my dvd's and pretty much all but a few of my cd's. It felt good to purge anything that doesn't serve me any longer. I sat there, and asked myself the question "how does this item make me feel?" over and over. And if it's anything but joy, it had to go. Even the items I had kept for memory's sake. Sometimes you just have to let go of the past. This is a concept that was introduced to me by my cousin @ukqd's recommendation of a book by Marie Kondo. When you donate unused things, you're also showing respect to the item by giving it a chance to live out its purpose with someone else. I like that. Purge purge purge. But these ballet shoes stayed. They bring me immense joy, when I look at them. I even put them on (those are from when I was 15 years old!), and to my surprise my ankle strength seems to have increased with the years of yoga! I think I might buy a new pair to play around on pointe again! #summercleaning #memories #ballet #balletshoes #pointeshoes #namaste #meditation #mariekondo